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Hello, I finally got my mopani wood to stop leaching and it looks GREAT in my tank. (it only took, oh, seven boilings of about three hours each but it's worth it.) I purchased some lovely cholla from a person on ebay (who has lots more, it's nice) and I am soaking it now, as I want to use it...

My tank is cycled! :dance: It went just like so many of you said...two days ago nitrites were still stubbornly stuck sky high and this morning, ZERO. Zed. Nichts, nein, nada!! My pH came down from 8.2 to 7.7 after I added mopani wood. I'll probably add some more ammonia until I can get 0 and 0...

I'm still in the midst of trying to get my 29 gallon freshwater tank to cycle. Nitrites and nitrAtes are sky high but ammonia is zero after 24 hours. I'm cycling without fish. I have a small powerhead going in it to improve O2 exchange at the surface. I was wondering if anyone has ever put...

Hello, I am Meadowlark. My first aquarium was a salt water 55 gallon. Yes, I started everything backwards! I had no problems with it, mostly because I'd done a lot of research and studying beforehand. This was in the days of Martin Moe and Julian Sprung. Are they still around? I specialized in...